Discouraged, how long did you take?

I actually don't think I messed with my MPC 500 until about 6 months after getting the thing. Call me crazy, but I just had to sit on it before I actually could think of what to do!

Borat wrote:It's exactly the same for me, most of the time I feel like I found the best sample ever, and after 1 or 2 hours of work it's just an average beat

i use to get mad at that... but i learned not to force to record/make beats. that sound your are looking for will come with time and practice.

i get on my MPC almost daily and i hardly ever record any beats, maybe 1 beat per week. ill find a nice sample, chop it, mess with it for 30mins maybe add some drums, then turn the MPC off.

i just do it for fun and to keep my ear sharp and so i don't forget how to use the MPC. i remember i took a year long break from making beats, when i got back on the MPC it felt like i was almost starting all over again, not a good feeling.

all you can do is just do work.

Comrade wrote:

Borat wrote:It's exactly the same for me, most of the time I feel like I found the best sample ever, and after 1 or 2 hours of work it's just an average beat

i get on my MPC almost daily and i hardly ever record any beats, maybe 1 beat per week. ill find a nice sample, chop it, mess with it for 30mins maybe add some drums, then turn the MPC off.

all you can do is just do work.

the truth, been doing that since i got the thing. ill be working on a beat for an hour or two, and even if one of my homies is bumpin his head to it ill just turn the mpc off cuz i know i can get better. i know ill get that feeling when the beat is right and worth tracking out.